Aaron Craft was hired as the newest member of the Phoenix's strength and conditioning staff in the summer of 2011. Craft works with the basketball, track, cross country and cheer and dance programs.
Craft spent the 2010-11 season at fellow SoCon school College of Charleston where he trained the cross country, tennis, sailing, softball and women's golf teams. He also implemented the speed program for the men's soccer and softball team while assisting with the basketball programs and the baseball pitchers.
Craft has spent time at Wake Forest, Winston-Salem State, UNC Greensboro and Appalachian State. Following the completion of his graduate degree, Craft spent time as a strength and conditioning intern with Hendrick Motorsports.
Craft earned his bachelor's in kinesiology from Longwood, where he ran cross country, in 2005. He then earned his master's degree in exercise science/strength and conditioning from Appalachian State in 2007.
In January of 2008, Craft became a certified strength and conditioning specialist.
